worm(6) worm(6)NAME worm - play the growing worm game SYNOPSIS /usr/games/worm [size] DESCRIPTION In worm, you are a little worm, your body is the os on the screen, and your head is the @, You move with the keys h, j, k, and l keys. If you don't press any keys, you continue in the direction you last moved. The uppercase H, J, K, and L keys move you as if you had pressed several (9 for HL and 5 for JK) of the corresponding lowercase key (unless you run into a digit, then it stops). On the screen you will see a digit; if your worm eats the digit, it will grow longer. The actual amount by which the worm will grow longer depends upon which digit was eaten. The object of the game is to see how long you can make the worm grow. The game ends when the worm runs into either the sides of the screen or itself. The current score (how much the worm has grown) is kept in the upper left corner of the screen. The optional argument, if present, is the initial length of the worm. FILES /usr/games/worm BUGS If the initial length of the worm is set to less than one or more than 75, various strange things happen. April, 1990 1